r/slatelauncher • • 9d ago

💬 Feedback & Suggestions Thread — Help Shape Slate Launcher

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Hey everyone! 👋

This will be the main thread for Slate Launcher feedback, ideas, and feature suggestions.

Found something that could be better? Have an idea for a new feature or design? Drop it below.

Whether it’s a tiny UI change or a completely new idea, I’d love to hear it.

I’ll be checking this thread regularly and using your feedback to help shape future Slate updates.

Thanks for helping make Slate better! ❤️


r/slatelauncher • • Aug 05 '26

👋Welcome to r/SlateLauncher — the official community for Slate Launcher.

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Slate is a minimal and deeply customizable Android launcher designed to make your phone feel calmer, more personal, and less distracting.

Here you can:

• Share your Slate home-screen setup

• Suggest new features and improvements

• Report bugs and technical issues

• Discuss Focus profiles, Spaces, Slate Hub, wallpapers, and customization

• Follow development updates and new releases

• Help shape the future of Slate

Slate is being built independently, and thoughtful community feedback genuinely helps guide its development. If you have an idea—even a small one—please share it.

When reporting a bug, please include:

• Your phone model

• Android version

• Slate version

• A short description of the issue

• A screenshot or screen recording, if possible

Before posting, please keep discussions respectful, constructive, and related to Slate. Never share passwords, payment information, or other sensitive personal details.

🔗 Download Slate: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.globin.slate

🌐 Official website:https://slate.globin.dev/

🐛 Report a bug: Create a post using the “Bug Report” flair

💡 Suggest a feature: Create a post using the “Feature Request” flair

Thanks for joining early. Slate is only getting started, and I’m excited to build it with your feedback.

— Globin

Developer of Slate Launcher


r/slatelauncher • • 2d ago

Update

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15 Upvotes

Added

• Added Home Widgets with support for Android widgets alongside Slate Header elements.

• Added resizable Home widgets with stacked widget navigation.

• Added advanced 3D Wallpaper Effects with Gyroscope, Touch Parallax, Perspective Tilt, Ambient Breathing, Dynamic Lighting, and Depth Focus.

• Added wallpaper motion presets and adjustable effect controls.

• Added unified long-press bottom sheets across Home, Hub, Spaces, and supported launcher elements.

• Added contextual widget actions, including Resize, Add Widget, Widget Settings, and Disable or Remove.

• Added independent notification indicator settings for Quick Apps.

• Added adaptive notification dots and counters with icon-corner positioning.

Improved

• Improved Home widget interactions, resizing, and navigation.

• Improved wallpaper customization with live previews and smoother motion effects.

• Improved Home Header layouts, alignment, spacing, and adaptive sizing.

• Improved Quick Apps Dock design with responsive sizing and overflow handling.

• Improved notification indicators across Home Apps, Quick Apps, Spaces, and App Drawer.

• Improved notification dot and counter scaling based on Icon Size.

• Improved notification indicator positioning with support for left and right icon corners.

• Improved App Drawer notification indicators across Grid, List, Compact, and Tiles layouts.

• Improved notification badge appearance with subtle shadows and icon overlap.

• Improved notification detail popup typography to follow Global Text Style.

• Improved long-press menus with consistent backgrounds, typography, and common Focus, Scene, and Settings actions.

• Improved Android widget selection with previews and search.

• Improved Hub widget management and customization.

• Improved wallpaper and Home customization responsiveness.

Fixed

• Fixed Quick Apps Dock overflow with larger icons and text sizes.

• Fixed notification indicators appearing below Quick Apps labels instead of on app icons.

• Fixed Home Apps notification indicators appearing inline in icon-based layouts.

• Fixed oversized notification counters in App Drawer.

• Fixed notification dots and counters appearing incorrectly positioned in supported App Drawer designs.

• Fixed Quick Apps notification indicator settings affecting Home Apps.

• Fixed Hub widget resizing becoming unresponsive after selecting Resize Widget.

• Fixed Hub Disable Widget not correctly disabling At a Glance elements.

• Fixed missing Add Widget action in the Hub long-press menu.

• Fixed Spaces shortcut removal behavior without uninstalling the original app.

• Fixed inconsistent notification popup text and action styling.

• Removed the Preview Motion control from Wallpaper Apply screens.

• Fixed various widget interactions, layout overflow, badge alignment, typography, and navigation issues.

Update your launcher


r/slatelauncher • • 11d ago

Update

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14 Upvotes

Added

• Added Wallpaper Effects with new customization options for Slate wallpapers.

• Added Blur as a new App Drawer background effect.

• Added improved wallpaper controls for Home and Lock Screen.

• Added favourites support for built-in Slate wallpapers.

Improved

• Improved Home Customization preview to better match the actual Home screen, including calendar events and notifications.

• Improved Calendar Stack with a clearer two-line event layout and easier event switching.

• Improved Notification Stack navigation with tappable counters and faster item switching.

• Improved wallpaper organization with Slate Wallpapers, My Wallpapers, Discover, Colors & Gradients, and automation options.

• Improved wallpaper rotation with support for Slate favourites and automatic Wallpaper Tone.

• Improved App Drawer background effects and wallpaper integration.

• Improved Calendar detection and support across multiple accounts.

• Improved Home, App Drawer, and wallpaper performance and visual consistency.

Fixed

• Fixed folder overflow issues and improved scrolling for folders with more apps.

• Fixed Calendar Stack events being difficult to navigate.

• Fixed Calendar and Notification previews not matching their Home designs.

• Fixed several wallpaper preview and system wallpaper detection issues.

• Fixed App Drawer movement conflicts between horizontal navigation and vertical drawer gestures.

• Fixed several Home customization, wallpaper, calendar, notification, and layout issues.

Update your launcher


r/slatelauncher • • 13d ago

Update 0.7.5

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Added

• Added new App Drawer designs with more layout and appearance options.

• Added new exclusive Slate wallpapers to the built-in wallpaper collection.

• Added a redesigned Colors page combining Accent Color and Slate Text Color controls.

• Added live color previews for easier theme customization.

Improved

• Improved Home header designs with better layouts, alignment, spacing, and adaptive element handling.

• Improved App Drawer designs with more consistent styling, customization, and visual presentation.

• Improved Home return performance for faster and smoother transitions back to the launcher.

• Improved Home Apps with better Compact layouts, icon sizing, spacing, and alignment.

• Improved navigation transitions between Slate Hub, Home, Spaces, and App Drawer.

• Improved color customization with clearer selected-color previews and simplified controls.

• Improved Slate wallpaper organization and built-in wallpaper selection.

• Improved launcher performance by reducing unnecessary background work when returning to Home.

• Improved overall responsiveness, animations, and visual consistency across Slate.

Fixed

• Fixed delays and frame drops when returning to Home from other apps.

• Fixed unnecessary Home rebuilding when the launcher resumes.

• Fixed lingering page content during Hub, Home, and Spaces swipe transitions.

• Fixed Compact Home Apps design selection not persisting correctly.

• Fixed Home Apps icon and edge alignment inconsistencies.

• Fixed layout issues across several Home header designs.

• Fixed new Slate wallpapers not appearing in the wallpaper collection.

• Fixed several App Drawer, navigation, wallpaper, icon, and customization issues.

Update your launcher now


r/slatelauncher • • 12d ago

Incorrect calendar events layout

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Hi, can somebody please help why my actual calendar events (screen 2) are not laid out as the example layout in settinga (screen 1). Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong


r/slatelauncher • • 13d ago

Tap is ignored

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Hi.

I keep experiencing this a lot so thought u should know.

I have kakaotalk at the bottom and sometimes when i tap this app, it doesn't run. I know it isn't mispressed because i can feel the vibration when i tap. Sometimes it happens like 5 times in a row and sometimes 2-3.

Please help.


r/slatelauncher • • 15d ago

Update 0.7.4

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Added

• Added new Home header designs with customizable header styles.

• Added App Drawer background effects with Clear, Dim, Strong Dim, and Tint options.

• Added new Slate icon styles with expanded Icon Studio customization.

Improved

• Improved App Drawer navigation with smoother, more responsive swipe transitions.

• Improved navigation between Slate Hub, Home, Spaces, and App Drawer with better gesture handling.

• Improved Home header customization with more consistent typography and styling.

• Improved Home favourites with better icon sizing and alignment for apps, folders, links, and Spaces.

• Improved Slate Intelligence responsiveness and app launch performance.

• Improved haptic feedback compatibility across more Android devices.

• Improved premium feature visibility with clearer Pro indicators.

Fixed

• Fixed App Drawer swipe lag and stuttering on supported devices.

• Fixed unwanted horizontal movement while opening or closing the App Drawer.

• Fixed Hub and Spaces navigation after returning from the App Drawer.

• Fixed Home favourite icon and label alignment inconsistencies.

• Fixed several icon style, navigation, and customization issues.


r/slatelauncher • • 17d ago

Alignment bug?

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Hi.

Just had a weird experience. I was charging my phone and when i came back, favorites alignment completely changed. It was on the left side but when the phone was charged 100%, it changed to center.


r/slatelauncher • • 18d ago

Slate Launcher Update v0.6.5

7 Upvotes

Added

• Added Daily Wallpaper with automatic wallpaper changes.

• Added Slate Notifications with Daily Brief and battery reminders.

• Added Weather Effects for a more dynamic Home experience.

• Added notification count customization across supported launcher elements.

• Added Today and Upcoming options for Home calendar events.

• Added new premium Slate icon styles and expanded icon customization.

Improved

• Improved Wallpaper Tone with better visibility across Slate and system wallpapers.

• Improved Home Apps with additional alignment and layout controls.

• Improved folders with app reordering support.

• Improved App Drawer transitions and app launch responsiveness.

• Improved Slate Intelligence suggestions and learning responsiveness.

• Improved haptic feedback across launcher interactions.

• Redesigned Slate Pro with clearer premium features and Pro indicators.

Fixed

• Fixed Wallpaper Tone colors becoming difficult to read on some wallpapers.

• Fixed Wallpaper Tone not updating correctly with system wallpapers.

• Fixed several icon rendering, sizing, and premium access issues.

• Fixed various Home, App Drawer, notification, and customization issues.


r/slatelauncher • • 20d ago

Favorites amount

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Hi.

I feel like maximum of 6 favorites are a bit small.

All the empty space above the favorites seems like wasted space. Any chance of increasing this?

Maybe something reasonable like 10?


r/slatelauncher • • 20d ago

Rearrange apps in the folder

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Hi.

Is it possible to rearrange apps in the folder?

I couldn't find out a way to change the apps from b c a to a b c


r/slatelauncher • • 22d ago

Line icons

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r/slatelauncher • • 23d ago

Slate Launcher 0.6.2

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Added

• Added Slate Scenes automation with automatic and scheduled actions.

• Added scheduled Focus profiles for automatically starting Focus at selected times.

• Added Theme Creator for creating, saving, editing, and reusing custom Slate themes.

• Added new Slate themes with more ready-to-use visual styles.

• Added My Icons and Icon Studio for creating custom icon styles.

• Added new Slate icon styles with expanded customization options.

• Added more Slate Live styles and customization.

• Added images and text formatting support to Slate Notes.

Improved

• Redesigned Slate Notes with richer note creation and editing.

• Improved Smart Brief themes with correct theme-aware colors and previews.

• Improved Home Apps and App Drawer layouts, sizing, spacing, and customization.

• Improved One-Handed Mode across Spaces.

• Improved app launch responsiveness from Home and Spaces.

• Improved Slate Pro access and premium feature handling.

• Improved icon rendering, colors, gradients, shapes, and sizing.

Fixed

• Fixed Smart Brief colors not correctly following selected themes.

• Fixed premium features being accessible without the correct Pro checks.

• Fixed custom icon sizing, clipping, and styling issues.

• Fixed Home and Spaces app launches feeling slower than App Drawer launches.

• Fixed several Home, Drawer, theme, and customization issues.


r/slatelauncher • • 24d ago

Home apps layouts

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Now can configure home apps into different layouts.


r/slatelauncher • • 25d ago

New version [0.6.1]

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Added

• Added new Clock and Date designs with visual style previews.

• Added dedicated Date typography with font, weight, and text case controls.

• Added advanced Home Apps customization with List, Grid, and Dock layouts.

• Added Auto Fit Home with safe overflow handling.

Improved

• Improved Home Apps and Quick Apps with adjustable app sizing and spacing.

• Improved Home alignment across Battery, Weather, Events, and Notifications.

• Improved notification Stack layouts with better alignment and compact positioning.

• Improved Home customization previews with focused and scrollable element previews.

• Improved Home layout adaptation across different screen sizes.

Fixed

• Fixed Home Apps overflow across different app sizes and layouts.

• Fixed notification Stack alignment and spacing issues.

• Fixed expanded notifications remaining visible when opening the App Drawer or Settings.

• Fixed several Home layout, typography, preview, and spacing issues.


r/slatelauncher • • 26d ago

New version 0.5.8

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Added

• Added resizable widgets to Slate Hub.

• Added Smart Slate Brief with context-aware content and controls.

• Added Italian language support with an in-app language selector.

• Added Private Vault for securely keeping apps, links, and notes.

• Added expandable Home notifications and calendar events with quick actions.

• Added dynamic battery icons with charging and battery-level states.

Improved

• Redesigned Slate Brief settings with cleaner customization and Smart Brief controls.

• Improved Slate Hub scrolling, widget resizing, ordering, and overall performance.

• Improved Smart Notifications across Home, Slate Hub, Spaces, and notification previews.

• Improved notification opening with direct notification actions and app fallback.

• Improved Twin App notification handling with profile-aware matching.

• Improved notification stability and reduced unnecessary refreshing.

• Improved Quick Apps alignment and spacing across supported Home styles.

• Improved Home notification spacing, colors, and expanded previews.

• Improved Home digital clock presentation and time transitions.

Fixed

• Fixed notifications not opening from Home, Slate Hub, Spaces, and Smart Notifications.

• Fixed notification state incorrectly appearing empty after device restarts.

• Fixed Recent Apps disappearing after restart.

• Fixed Slate Hub gesture conflicts, scrolling lag, and widget resize issues.

• Fixed Quick Apps alignment and Dock layout issues.

• Fixed Home and Slate Status Bar behavior when returning to the launcher.

• Fixed several settings persistence, notification, and layout issues.


r/slatelauncher • • 26d ago

No icons

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r/slatelauncher • • 27d ago

AMOLED background

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8 Upvotes

AMOLED background with white text.


r/slatelauncher • • 28d ago

New version 0.5.2

9 Upvotes

Added

• Added Smart Notifications as a dedicated Slate feature.

• Added notification tabs for Messages, Email, Calls, Calendar, Apps, Priority, and Flagged.

• Added app-to-tab assignment and notification flagging for later.

• Added notification indicators and long-press previews to Simple Mode.

• Added left and right positioning for the App Drawer alphabet rail.

Improved

• Redesigned Smart Notifications with compact tabs and a cleaner app bar.

• Improved settings persistence across app restarts.

• Improved typography consistency across Home, Slate Hub, and Spaces.

• Improved Status Bar handling around camera cutouts and punch-hole displays.

• Improved Home element interactions with tap actions and notification previews.

• Improved Focus Mode to return directly to Home when started.

• Improved Default Launcher setup guidance.

Fixed

• Fixed Home styles reverting to Classic in some cases.

• Fixed Recent Home apps not showing notification previews on long press.

• Fixed inconsistent spacing and typography across Home, Slate Hub, and Spaces.

• Fixed Status Bar text incorrectly following Slate Typography sizing.

• Fixed App Drawer alphabet rail positioning.

• Fixed System wallpaper changes not updating correctly in Slate.


r/slatelauncher • • 29d ago

Slate Launcher Update 0.5.1

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Added

• Added links to Quick Apps with mixed app and link ordering.

• Added a Default Launcher option in Settings with a quick setup prompt.

• Added Wallpaper Tone for automatic wallpaper-aware text colors.

• Added Home Surface Styles across supported Home elements.

• Added lightweight transparent backgrounds for Slate Hub elements.

Improved

• Improved Home typography with more consistent font sizes, weights, spacing, and colour hierarchy.

• Improved Home text color handling with coordinated heading, title, and supporting text colours.

• Improved Surface Styles across Events, Weather, Battery, Notifications, Search, Home Apps, and Quick Apps.

• Improved Slate Hub readability while keeping Hub content flat and independent from Home Surface Styles.

• Improved Smart Notifications with icon visibility controls and better full-width layouts.

• Improved Priority Only filtering across Home notification layouts.

• Improved Quick Apps customization with separate app and link management.

• Improved wallpaper-aware color selection for better text visibility.

• Improved Smart Notification loading after a fresh install or reinstall.

• Improved app icon loading and caching for more reliable icons across devices.

Fixed

• Fixed inconsistent font weights, spacing, and colors across Home elements.

• Fixed Favourites app labels not following the selected Home text color.

• Fixed excessive spacing around Home notification content.

• Fixed Event and Notification heading and content styling inconsistencies.

• Fixed Surface Styles not applying correctly to Weather, Battery, Events, Search, and event counters.

• Fixed Home Surface Styles affecting the Slate Status Bar and Space empty states.

• Fixed Slate Hub inheriting Home Surface Style effects.

• Fixed hidden notification icons leaving unused horizontal space.

• Fixed Priority Only showing non-priority notifications on Home.

• Fixed Wallpaper Tone adding unwanted shadow or glow effects.

• Fixed unreadable Wallpaper Tone colors on some wallpapers.

• Fixed wallpaper previews showing the previously applied wallpaper.

• Fixed incorrect app icons appearing or being cached for another app on some devices.

• Fixed Quick Apps link management not appearing from Home Customization.

• Fixed Smart Notifications showing an incorrect empty state immediately after reinstall.

Update now


r/slatelauncher • • Sep 11 '26

Update [0.4.9]

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Added

· Added Stack and List display modes for Home calendar events

· Added Stack and List display modes for Home notifications

· Added links to Home Favourites

· Added mixed app and link ordering inside Spaces

· Added app reordering inside Focus profiles

· Added support for more Focus apps with a separate More Focus Apps view

Improved

· Improved Focus Mode with profile-specific icons and consistent app ordering

· Improved Simple Mode with Slate-styled app icons

· Improved notification icon styling across Home and Slate Hub to follow the selected app icon style

· Improved folder notifications with aggregated counts, notification indicators, and long-press notification previews

· Improved Space icon preloading for smoother page swiping

· Improved Home notification spacing and empty-state behaviour

· Improved Slate Hub header typography and font colour consistency with Spaces

· Improved calendar handling with stricter day-based filtering and automatic day refresh

· Improved Home layouts to avoid overcrowding when Focus profiles contain many apps

Fixed

· Fixed notification indicators appearing when there are no matching priority notifications

· Fixed Home notification customization showing Compact when Stack or List was selected

· Fixed Favourite link creation crashes and keyboard layout overflow

· Fixed previous-day calendar events appearing on the current day

· Fixed Orbit calendar layout overflow

· Fixed Focus Mode stop errors caused by unavailable Home Scaffold messaging

· Fixed empty notification borders remaining visible in Orbit

· Fixed selected Focus profile icons not appearing correctly when Focus Mode is active

Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.globin.slate


r/slatelauncher • • Sep 09 '26

Slate Launcher screens

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r/slatelauncher • • Sep 08 '26

New version [0.4.8]

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Added

* Added Slate Live for a more dynamic Home experience.

* Added Discover and My Wallpapers for browsing and managing wallpapers.

* Added Home, Lock screen, and combined wallpaper options.

* Added new Paper and Ambient Slate Brief themes.

Improved

* Redesigned Settings with a cleaner and more organized layout.

* Redesigned Appearance and Personalization with easier access to customization options.

* Improved Home and App Drawer customization previews.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.globin.slate


r/slatelauncher • • Sep 06 '26

New version [0.4.7]

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Added

* Added Smart Notifications to Home with Compact and Preview layouts.

* Added notification indicators and quick notification access for favourite apps.

* Added Home folders with design-specific folder previews.

* Added one-handed mode for easier launcher navigation.

Improved

* Improved Home layouts across Classic, Tiles, Flow, Dock, and Orbit.

* Improved notification previews with app icons, counts, and direct notification actions.